Nurse Pam Clay-Storm talks about the SASS program at the Conway School Board meeting in the Seidenstucker Gym at Kennett Middle School on Tuesday night. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Nurse Pam Clay-Storm talks about the SASS program at the Conway School Board meeting in the Seidenstucker Gym at Kennett Middle School on Tuesday night. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — A month after choosing not to participate in a state Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education initiative that would have provided free COVID-19 testing for students and staff within the Conway School District and with coronavirus cases on the rise, the Conway School Board reversed course Monday night.
The board voted 6-0 to support the Safer at School Screening (SASS) Program. Superintendent Kevin Richard asked the board to revisit the program under his board report on Monday. He sees the program “as one more tool in the district’s toolbox when it comes to containing the pandemic.
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